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Alvarez & Marsal Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

This Firm Profile started as an email from Sean, asking if we could write on Alvarez & Marsal, “The Turnaround Guys”. The firm’s first turnaround client was the household brand, Timex Corporation. Turnaround and Restructuring. ALVAREZ & MARSAL CULTURE. 2013) International Turnaround of the Year (Eircom Group Ltd.);

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FTI Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

FTI CONSULTING INTERVIEWS & CULTURE. FTI expanded into investigation and research capabilities as well as turnaround, restructuring, bankruptcy and forensic accounting with the moves. Restructuring/Turnaround Services. Energy & Utilities. FTI CONSULTING CULTURE. Corporate Finance/Restructuring. Industries.

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The Key to Campbell Soup’s Turnaround? Civility.

Harvard Business

.” One of the first things Doug did to address the dysfunctional, low-performance environment was to visibly set expectations for how he intended to create a more civil culture built on respect. Practices can be seen both in the smallest of moments and in large-scale adjustments to company culture and procedure.

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Case Study: Can You Fix a Toxic Culture Without Firing People?

Harvard Business

Franklin had finally returned to profitability, but she and Cameron Koren, a turnaround specialist who’d been brought in as CEO five years earlier to right the ship, were still working hard to keep the business on track. But culturally, it might be time for a purge,” Cam continued.

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How Companies Escape the Traps of the Past

Harvard Business

One effective way is to work on culture. Box 2 muscle requires a culture where honest Box 2 questions are encouraged. The message was intended to inspire new energy in the company at a pivotal time: “While we have seen great success, we are hungry to do more.

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Leaders Who Get Change Right Know How to Listen

Harvard Business

What she learned informed her strategy for the turnaround, which she then communicated through a series of town halls, roundtables, and memos. Energy returned.” ” And she restored the company’s profitability — the turnaround was a success. “The response was overwhelming,” Mulcahy said.

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7 Factors of Great Office Design

Harvard Business

An office environment reflects and reinforces a business’s core values, through the placement of different teams and functions and design elements that reflect culture, brand, and values. The company wanted to preserve the energy of a start-up while creating sufficient space to accommodate future growth.